Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1227. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MANUEL I. 1143-1180 AD. AV Hyperpyron (4.16 gm). Thessalonica mint. +KERO HQEI, nimbate bust of Christ facing / MA NWH LÐEC POT H: TW PO PF VP OG ENH T in columns, Manuel standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger. DOC IV 1f; BN pg. 717; SB 1971. Good VF, graffiti inscription encircling reverse. ($1000)

The Thessalonican hyperpyra of Manuel, the last gold coins struck at that provincial mint, can be distinguished from the issues of Constantinople by the use of a single barred cross on the globus held by the emperor.